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NYC Man Among Those Gunned Down in Mass Shooting

A Brooklyn social worker was among those gunned down in a Florida nightclub Sunday night in the most deadly mass shooting in U.S. history, neighbors and relatives said. Andrew Siff reports. (Published Monday, June 13, 2016)

A Brooklyn social worker was among those gunned down in a Florida nightclub Sunday night in the most deadly mass shooting in U.S. history, neighbors and relatives said.

Enrique Rios, 25, grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant's Marcy Houses projects, and was more recently living with his grandmother and cousins in Bushwick. He was in Florida on vacation when he was fatally shot by gunman Omar Mateen in Orlando's Pulse nightclub.

But she can't help but wonder: "What was his last thoughts, his last words -- did he try to reach out to anybody?"

"He was probably trying to reach out to somebody because we were definitely reaching out to him," she said. "I woke up this morning and texted his phone like he was gonna answer me."

Rios was a student at Brooklyn's St. Francis College, the school said in a statement. He transferred there last summer, hoping to complete a degree.

"Sadly, his dreams were cut short by this senseless act of violence," St. Francis College said in a statement. "The St. Francis College community mourns the loss of one of our own and offers prayers to his family and friends.”

Mayor de Blasio said Monday that the "thoughts and prayers of all New Yorkers are with the Rios family."